Electric vehicles are booming but charging bay designs are preventing some drivers from powering up

Indooroopilly Shopping Centre general manager Steven Ihm said the centre worked closely with various charging partners to bring the convenience of EV charging to the centre for customers.

Spinal Life Australia chief executive John Mayo said many members reported that charging stations were inaccessible for people with disabilities."We do need a co-design process, so that you take in various customer groups, so that in fact, nobody will end up being left out," he said.Jimmy Jan, who lives in an apartment complex in Newcastle, New South Wales, said he had to use public electric vehicle charging stations to power his car.

"So often I have to ask, you know, other people to help me plug in my car, so yeah, sometimes it's a frustrating experience." Newcastle City Council said the bays at Wharf Road could not be designed as accessible bays due to the problematic nature of the site, however the bays elsewhere in the city were accessible.

I guess NSW is different to VIC. In Williamstown, VIC ... They converted disabled bays into electric vehicle charging bays (with heaps of room in each bay). Downside == disabled ppl (with normal ICE cars) now have nowhere to park.

Electric, long charge times and short range. Just what's needed for Australia's vast country. Electric ok for small high density countries

Yay! Maybe then Australia will catch up with the rest of the world and push hydrogen fuel cell cars. Like Honda Japan just announced.

. That's because an EV doesn't produce any electricity. It only uses electricity. EVs are only HALF a product - the other half is electricity generation: green or brown, an EV doesn't care. But hybrid vehicles PRODUCE electricity. They're self-sufficient and CHEAPER than EVs. .

Nothing new here as regards technology. Always behind.

lol

What's hilarious is with going to renewables when all these EV's need to charged at night putting massive strain on the grid when the sun doesn't shine and the wind blows less, we will be getting mass blackouts and people will be stranded.

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